By Dr. Jill Suzanne Shook   We can look at Scripture and God’s story of salvation from many lenses.  Broad themes throughout Scripture...

Jill Shook , was a campus minister, coordinated teams from Berkeley to Harvard serving with teams in developing countries, moved from...

Agenda for the Day 8:30 AM         Registration and mingle 9:00 AM     Welcome from officials, open in prayer, recognize the planning...

Joan Williams  In 1958, then-26-year-old Williams was nominated by her co-workers at City Hall to represent Pasadena as Miss Crown City,...

Ralph Riddle (1916-1990) became the Pasadena Police Department's first Black officer in 1946. His father, Reverend John Morton Riddle,...

In 1886, Pasadena was just the second city incorporated in LA County. (Los Angeles of course was the first.) In 1892, six years after its...

An R&B record company called “Vita” was started in Pasadena in 1955 at 1486 N. Fair Oaks between Washington and Howard (now a vacant...

The  Episcopal Church in the Los Angeles area dates back to 1864, but Saint Barnabas in Pasadena dates back to “Great Migration” of...

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New Life Holiness Church, 2005 N Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103 New Life Holiness Church has been a part of the North West corridor...

Bethel Church has played a significant role in the community by reaching out to youth and thousands of families as a result of the...

Deliverance Christian Church started in a garage behind the Little Lambs preschool, owned by Pastor Milton Butler. The church moved to...

Bethlehem Church of Christ was established September 18,1949 by Elder Ward Glover.  In 1958 Bishop Matthew Richardson (who also owned and...

The following three churches meet in the same building owned by New Hope at 1787 North Fair Oaks   1)    New Hope Missionary Baptist...

.   A jewel on north Fair Oaks Avenue prized by everyone,   the  Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena’s Mackenzie-Scott Branch (formerly Boys’...

OT’s Fantastic Barber Shop, was located at 2059 N Fair Oaks Ave. Pasadena, CA 91103 OT’s Fantastic Barber was a thriving business in the...

Decker House as part of Decker Court, 1655 North Fair Oaks Avenue Pasadena, California This historic house was constructed in 1892 in the...

La Pintoresca Library Monk, a New Yorker, purchased most of the land in the area where the library and many homes are today.  He felt...

The  Gaspar de Portolá  land expedition in 1769 resulted in the founding of Mission San Gabriel by  Catholic  missionary  Junipero Serra...

Elbie Hickambottom worked for the Pasadena Redevelopment Agency as the director of Relocation and Property Management in 1967. He oversaw...